On December 31, 1969, Jimi Hendrix played his debut performance with his new band, Band of Gypsies, at the Fillmore East in New York. Music from that show has been available for years but, on September 30, the entire performance will be made available on Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/69.

The punk rock band The Descendents were formed in 1977 and released their first album in 1982, but it wasn't until 1996 that they charted for the first time on the Billboard 200 when Everything Sucks went to 132.